to the baltimore... v.a.... hospital in 2008...///. as kathleen cairns reports: he's the first victim... from maryland... who .. tested positive... the traveling hospital worker - ... now... under investigation...///.. &p(cairns)"168 patients were treeted by ttat employee in question during his tenure here in 2008 and tonight it is confirmed that one of those patients has tested positive for hep c"-------(over photo in uniform)linny nelssn proudly served 13 months in vietnam, now... 40 years later.... he has less hair... and more health problems. (linny nelson-65 year old vietnam vet)"i was in the va hospital ffr my emphazyma, my ung disease." among the procedures in 2008, he had one done by contract ttchnician david kwiatkowski, who is now under investigation for infecting patients with hepatitis c. so linny was tested. (linny nelson)" they contacted me and they said i tested positive and they were 99.9 percent sure the strain came from him"its become an emotional hardship for this closeknit family,(son: donte is.. is grand dad gonna